8th Division of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
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8th Division of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
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The 8th Division is a division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) distributed over Shihezi and Karamay cities, Manas and Shawan counties, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. It is an economic and paramilitary unit formed in 1953 from the former 26th Infantry Division of the 9th Army of the 22rd Corps of the PLA. The 8th Agricultural Construction Division was approved and renamed to the present 8th Division of the XPCC in 2012. The division is composed of 14 regiments,
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Military unit
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Division_of_Xinjiang_Production_and_Construction_Corps
date created:
2019-08-28T12:23:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T22:27:47Z
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